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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. GeoMesa vs. SingleStore

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. GeoMesa vs. SingleStore

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarySchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.MySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table type
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Spatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.geomesa.orgwww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docswww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationAtos Convergence CreatorsCCRi and othersSingleStore Inc.
Initial release20142012201620142013
Current release1.20.3, January 202317035.0.0, May 20248.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScalaC++, Go
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux info64 bit version required
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesoptionalyesyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesnonoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnonoyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
LDAPCluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++All languages with LDAP bindingsBash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnonoyes
Triggersyesnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infocell divisiondepending on storage layerSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesdepending on storage layerSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesno infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationdepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoAtomic execution of specific operationsnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesdepending on storage layeryes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDepending on the underlying data sourceLDAP bind authenticationyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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AlaSQLApache DrillAtos Standard Common RepositoryGeoMesaSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL
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